tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post114325009317335998..comments2024-02-07T16:22:39.625-05:00Comments on Jeff Jedras: No Senate elections in SaskatchewanUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1143412587088763872006-03-26T17:36:00.000-05:002006-03-26T17:36:00.000-05:00I like two of the Es of triple E, the elected and ...I like two of the Es of triple E, the elected and the effective. They shouldn't be equal to the HoC though, that opens up the door to the U.S. troubles you've decided. I think there's room to expand their role as a more effective chamber of "sober second thought."<BR/><BR/>My main concern though (as elaborated on on the previous post I linked to) is that electing Senators without reforming the Senate will<BR/><BR/>a)lead to the kinds of problems you mention, as elected Senators will feel free to exercise the powers they have today, but don't use recognizing it would be innappropriate for apointed Senators to routinely overule the HoC.<BR/><BR/>b) create two classes of Senators until the current class of appointeed age-out.<BR/><BR/>c) more importantly, remove the impetuts for any real Senate reform (which requires opening the constitition) and enshrine the current regional inequeties.<BR/><BR/>Senate reform, if it's going to be attempted, should be done wholesale, not piecemeal. I'd say scrap it, but then what would be do with that lovely red chamber?Jeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14971310821484459106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19402125.post-1143393920629902352006-03-26T12:25:00.000-05:002006-03-26T12:25:00.000-05:00I can't think of anything worse than an elected se...I can't think of anything worse than an elected senate. The U.S. is the single biggest pork barrelling body in the world. A transportation bill last year adds over 280 billion dollars to the already bloated U.S. deficet. One of the projects was a 250 million dollar bridge in Alaska to connect an island of 50 people to the mainland. It would have been cheaper to buy every resisdent of the island a small, personal yacht instead. <BR/>The elected U.S. senate means that no one is acctable for the final budget. Here, in Canada, that sucker, good or bad, is owned directly by the Minister of Finance and the Prime Minister.<BR/>In the U.S. everybody blames everyone else for the budget. Not here. Wonder why we can run a surplus?<BR/>http://centreofcanada.blogspot.com/Donhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11701616280511199527noreply@blogger.com